Fly-trap.



J. B. MEADOWS.

FLY TRAP. APPLICATION FILED 0612.7, 1912.

Patented Apr. 1, 1913.

UNITED sralnsgrnur orricn.

JOHN MEADOWS, OF YUKON, OKLAHOMA.

FLY-TRAP.

Application filed October 7, 1912. Serial 110.724,393..

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 1,1913.

To all whom tmag/ concern: B/

Be it known that I, JOHN" MEADOWS, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of Yukon, in the county of Canadian and State of Oklahoma, haveinvented a new andI trap.

My invention Jfurther contemplates various improvements in fly traps forthe p-urpose of increasing the general eiiiciency of the latter in anumber of ways.

Reference is made to the accompanying drawings forming a part of thisspecification, and in which. like letters indicate like.k

part-s.

Figure 1 isa perspective showing my limproved fly trap complete; Fig. 2is a sub- A number of corner bars 4, each made .of

. sheet metal bent substantially to L-shape ,in

cross section are inclined relatively to each other and secured `attheir upper ends to a ferrule 5 which is threaded internally and fittedwith a screw stopper 6. This stopper is provided with a thumb piece 7 tofacilitate its removal and replacement. A number of panels 8 made ofwire netting, and in this instance having triangular forms,` areconnected with the corner bars 4. These panels may be conveniently madeof a single piece ofA wire netting bent substantially into the form of apyramid. The four corner be'nds' of the pyramid extend respectively intothe corner bars 4. lThe wire netting is` secured at its top lto theferrule 5, preferably by soldering. The ferrule. 5-is soldered to theintegral with it, formed by mere y bending or cupping the upper edge ofthe sheet metal of the bar slightly inward, as indicated 1n Fig. 2. Eachside bar 9 is further provided with a tongue ll integral with it andlocated substantially midway between its end and with two upturnedportions 12 disposed upon opposite sides of the tongue. The upturnedportions l2 partially close upon and effectively .clamp the lower edges'of the panelsy 8 of wire metal. l

The inner member or throat of the trap is removable from the outer andlarger niember thereof and may be seen more particularly` in Fig. 3.Four angle bars 13 are brought substantially together at their upperends and at their lower ends are a number of base bars 14. These basebars are made of sheet metal, each having its lower edge turned inwardand upward, as indicated in Fig. 2. Four panels 16 of wire netting aremounted upon the angle bars 13 and may, if desired, be formed from asingle piece of material. The vbottom edges of these panels are raw andare in engagement with thevbase bars 11, being protected by theinneimedges 14a of the latter, which as just explained, are bentslightly upward, as shown in Fig. 2. panels 16, together with the upperends of the angle bars 13, are formed so as to present an opening 15.

lIn order to remove the inner member or throat, the operator merelysprings the tongues 11 downwardly and outwardly and then withdraws thethroat as a whole from the lower openl end of the device. To replace thethroat, the tongues 11 are again sprung outwardly, and the throat is nowthrust into position, the tonguesv 11 springing inwardly to their normalpositions.

In order to ship a number of the traps,'the throats, owing to theirpyramidal form, are simply nested onegwithin' tlieotheil so as to takeup aminimum of space. Similarly the outer and larger body portions maybe readily nested one within the other for purposes of shipment. mainmembers, each being of a shape rendering it easy to clean und to benested for the purpose above indicated.

In order to remove the flies, the stopper 6 The upper edges of thev 10oThe trap thus has two is removed bv aid of the thumb piece 7 and nozzle,and after being lodged in the paper y bag, the flies are easilydestroyed. TheA porsaid sdebarsbeing Inade of sheet metal and' eachhaving in -lntrned lportion lniegml y Iveedi'ljyy dislodged.

I do 'not limit myselftoltlle exact arrangement shown, as variations.may be made therein Without departing from the spirit of my invention.

What I oleifn as new and desire to securel by Letters Patent is asfollows A' trap comprising a plurality 'of corner bars, panels of Wirecloth extending from one of said comer bars to another, side barsextending fromone corner bar to another,

to its -lowerl edge, said upturned portion slightlyy overlapping theadjacent edge, portion ot one of said panels, each side baufloe-4 ingfurtherv provided Wit-l1v a sprngton "e, V

and a throat member provided Wlth` asebers andl adapted to be held. inposition by engagement' of the tonguesl with said base bars, said throatmember being further pi'o'-l 'l A' videdWth-panels 'for engaging thesaid `1n turned edges of said side bars, in order k*as support thebodiesof insects.

JOHN B. MEADOWS. l

Witnesses: Y

KATHERINEPEALER; A. M. BURSON.

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